History of Idaho, the gem of the mountains, Volume III, Part 89

Author: Hawley, James Henry, 1847-1929, ed
Publication date: 1920
Publisher: Chicago, The S. J. Clarke publishing company
Number of Pages: 926

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Mr. Kinghorn made a business of raising stock, especially horses and cattle, and was quite successful in his undertakings, so that at his death, which occurred March 18, 1915, he was able to leave his family in comfortable financial circumstances. His political sup- port was given to the democratic party. His religious faith was that of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and he served as bishop's counselor for several years and at the time of his death was a patriarch. He also did missionary work in Idaho. His son James filled a mission in the Sandwich islands for three years, while David served for two and a half years in missionary work in Pennsylvania. Mr. Kinghorn passed away upon his farm when in his seventy-sixth year, and he left to his family the priceless heritage of a good name, for he had ever lived an upright and honorable life. .

EDWARD B. HUNTER. -

Edward B. Hunter, who is taking active part in the agricultural development of Lewisville and the surrounding country, was born in Salt Lake, May 10, 1866, bis parents being Edward and Henrietta (Spencer) Hunter, the former born in Delaware county, Pennsylvania, and the latter in Illinois. In young manhood the father engaged in stock raising and also bought and sold stock. He came across the plains with ox teams, being among the first of the Mormon settlers in Utah. He took up his abode in Salt Lake and was made a presiding bishop of the church, devoting his entire time to that work throughout his remaining days. He passed away October 16, 1883, while the mother died in January, 1886.

Edward B. Hunter was reared in Salt Lake City and there began his education, which he continued in the Brigham University and in the Brigham Young College at Logan, Utah. In October, 1884, he came to Idaho, settling in Jefferson county, then a part of. Oneida county, where he filed on land. He then bent every energy to the development and improvement of the place and afterward bought more land, securing a quarter section south of Lewisville and six acres adjoining the town, whereon he erected a fine modern residence that he has since occupied, making it his home for the past fourteen years. His son is now farming the old homestead and has been quite successful in its cultivation and improvement. For fourteen years Mr. Hunter has had . supervision over the two places. He formerly engaged in the live stock business but now devotes his attention to general farming.

Ou the 9th of October, 1884, Mr. Hunter was married to Lydia Walker, a daughter of William H. and Olive L. (Bingham) Walker, both of whom were natives of Vermont. The father was a Utah pioneer who made the journey across the plains with the first ox team company that reached that state. Altogether he made seven trips across the plains with ox teams in the interests of the church. He is mentioned more at length in connection with the sketch of Arthur Goody on another page of this work. The mother is still living and makes her home among her children at the age of seventy-five years. To Mr. and Mrs. Hunter were born nine children: Edward Lawrence; Gilbert W .; Walter Spencer; William W., who died February 10, 1899; Lydia Olive, who was a twin of William W. and died on the same day; Albert W., who died April 14, 1903;

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Genevieve W .; Alfred W .; and Willard W. The last named was a twin of Alfred and died February 9, 1912.

Politically Mr. Hunter is a democrat. The religious faith of the family is that of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Mr. Hunter is a high priest in the church and for two and a half years he was engaged in missionary work in Pennsylvania and West Virginia. He served for five years as Sunday school superintendent, was presi- dent of the Mutual for three years and is now ward teacher. His wife was one of the first officers in the church in connection with the primary of Lewisville ward, was a first counselor and later became a teacher of the young ladies' class. She was also teacher in the Relief Society for fifteen years and has been its president for the past eight years. This worthy couple are therefore taking a most active and helpful part in the interests of the church and doing everything in their power to promote the moral progress of the community.

JAMES H. PETERS.

James H. Peters is a well-to-do retired rancher, residing in South Boise. He dates his residence in Idaho from 1904. at which time he removed to this state from Canyon City, Colorado. Illinois claims him as a native son, however, his birth having occurred in Perry county, August 15, 1859, his father being Charles Ludwig Herman Peters, who was born in Switzerland and was of Swiss and German descent. At the age of four- teen years he went to sea and sailed before the mast until he attained his majority, visiting practically every port in the world and thus becoming familiar with several languages. When twenty-one years of age he quit the sea and came to the United States, settling first in Clinton county, Illinois, where he followed the occupation of farming, but his last days were spent in Perry county, Illinois, where his death occurred in 1891. His wife bore the maiden name of Ann Jane McNeal and was a native of Ireland, whence she came to the new world with her father, Thomas McNeal, when she was fourteen years of age. Mrs. Peters passed away about 1910. In their family were twelve children, six sons and six daughters, of whom James H. was the ninth in order of birth and the youngest son. Those living are three sons and two daughters.

James H. Peters, the only representative of the family in Idaho, was reared upon the home farm in his native county and has practically devoted his entire life to agri- cultural pursuits. He was married in Randolph county, Illinois, May 15, 1889, to Miss Adaline Patton, who was born in that county, November 15, 1862, a daughter of Joseph and Margaret (Kingston) Patton, who were natives of Ohio but were married in Illinois. For many years Joseph Patton operated a farm in Randolph county, Illinois, and it was upon that farm that his daughter Mrs. Peters was born. Both her father and mother passed away on the old homestead, their deaths occurring about 1898 and about six months apart. Mrs. Peters was one of eight children that reached adult age. three sons and five daughters, and she is the only one of the family in Idaho.

Mr. and Mrs. Peters resided for eight years in Clay Center, Kansas, where he was engaged in the transfer business, and then returned to Perry county, Illinois, where he resumed farm pursuits, purchasing a part of the old family homestead. In 1900 he removed to Canyon City, Colorado, and in 1901 sold his Illinois interests. While in Colorado he devoted four years to the conduct of a fruit ranch and a harness shop. In 1904 he and his family, together with another family, started out on a pleasure trip in wagons. They first visited Yellowstone Park and then came to Boise to spend the following winter. Being pleased with Idaho and the Boise valley, Mr. Peters decided not to return to Colorado and has since made his home in South Boise, having a hand- some residence at the corner of Williams and Manitou streets, which he erected in 1906. He disposed of his Colorado interests in that year and purchased his first Boise valley ranch soon afterward, this being a small tract of land near Meridian. He owned that property until 1919, when he sold it, and he is now the owner of one hundred and sixty acres near Star, Idaho.

Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Peters, Mrs. Florence Nelson, Ken- neth Kingston Peters and Mrs. Grace Parkhill Oakley, all of Boise. The son, now twenty- four years of age, is a veteran of the World war, having spent several months in France, taking part in the Marne defensive and the Marne offensive, also the St. Mihiel offensive and the Meuse-Argonne drive, one of the most fiercely contested battles of the entire war. He was advanced from private to the rank of sergeant and his military service abroad

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followed service on the Mexican border. He is now in the employ of Swift & Company. He and his two sisters are graduates of the Boise high school. The elder daughter has three children, Gwendolyn, Grace and Robert Nelson, and the younger daughter, one child, Beverly Adaline Oakley.

Mr. Peters and his family occupy a pleasant home and he is enjoying well earned rest, for his industry and diligence in former years have brought him to a place where the comforts of life are at his command, and while he still gives supervision to his ranching interests he is not forced to carry on the active work of developing his property.

ALBERT LINDHOLM.

Albert Lindholm, who died at Iona, May 23, 1920, was born in Tooele, Utah, April 24, 1873, and a son of Charles E. and Johanna (Nilsson) Lindholm who were natives of Sweden and came to America in 1861, settling in Utah, where the father was variously employed for some time. He was a tailor by trade, as was also the mother, both having learned the business in the old country, and Mr. Lindholm followed the trade throughout his remaining days, his death occurring in April, 1875. The mother afterward came to Idaho, making her home with her daughter until her death in April, 1908.

Albert Lindholm was reared and educated in Utah and there learned the plumber's trade, which he followed in that state until 1906, when he came to Bonneville county and purchased land a mile and a half from Iona. This he improved and cultivated until 1918, when he sold the property and bought another farm adjoining Iona, constituting one of the best improved places in the vicinity. He made his home in the town, where he owned two residences, but he was planning to take up his abode upon the farm. He made a specialty of raising pure bred Duroc-Jersey hogs and formerly engaged in feeding sheep.

On the 14th of December, 1898, Mr. Lindholm was united in marriage to Miss Sarah A. Adams and they became the parents of eight children, of whom two are deceased, namely: Sarah, who was born July 12, 1900, and died in September of the same year; and Albert, who died December 4, 1916, at the age of eleven and a half years. Those who survive are Carl E., Ruth, Sherman, Florence, John A. and Emily M.

In his political views Mr. Lindholm was a republican but was never an aspirant for office. He belonged to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and at one time was second counselor to the bishop of his ward in Utah. He also did two years' mission- ary work for the church in Nebraska and South Dakota and he ever recognized his duties and obligations in this way and in other public connections. At the same time he carefully managed and controlled his farming interests and was regarded as one of the leading ranchmen of Bonneville county.

NATHAN T. YEAMAN.

Nathan T. Yeaman, now of Shelley, Idaho, was born in Downey, Bennett county, this state, August 12, 1883. He is a son of Michael and Sarah (Coffin) Yeaman, the former a native of Iowa and the latter of the Hoosier state. In his early childhood Michael Yeaman accompanied his parents westward and located in Utah, where he grew to man's estate and received his schooling. He then took up farming and carried on that occupation in Utah until 1880, when he removed to that part of Bingham county, Idaho, which is now included in the county of Bennett. Here he acquired a homestead and after improving it to some extent removed to Wyoming, where he engaged in stock raising near the town of Afton. After a few years of residence in Wyoming he relinquished his homestead, returned to Idaho and here homesteaded a tract of one hundred and sixty acres near Swan Valley, in what is now Bonneville county. Here he engaged in general farming until 1916, in which year he removed to Burley, where he and his wite, the mother of our subject, are now living in retirement.

Nathan T. Yeaman attended the district school near his father's homestead in the vicinity of Swan Valley, Bonneville county, and after he had completed his elementary education, he entered Ricks Academy at Rexburg, where he pursued his studles until graduation. At that time the field of scientific agriculture became his objective and to prepare himself more effectively for his chosen work he became a student in the Agri-

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cultural College at Logan, Utah, doing two year's work in animal husbandry and kindred subjects. Finding what be considered a suitable location for his agricultural operations, he bought land four miles east of Rigby In Jefferson county and there farmed with marked success for eight years. At the end of this period he found business more alluring and accepted the position as manager of the Farmers Equity Wholesale Produce & Implement Company .of Rigby but after one year of experience with this concern, he entered the employ of the Consolidated Wagon & Machine Company as a salesman. In. 1917, after two years of service with that firm, he became manager of the H. B. Tabb & Company, wholesale produce, of Ririe, and continued as a representative of that concern until January, 1920, when he became manager of the wholesale commission house of the Ennis Brown Company of Shelley, Idaho.

On March 6, 1905, Mr. Yeaman was united in marriage to Dora Jones and they are the parents of one child, Fay, who was born, January 8, 1906. They give their support to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, of which they are loyal members. Mr. Yeaman is also affiliated with the Woodmen of the World and in the affairs of this order he takes a proper interest. His political convictions are revealed in his connection with the republican party, and he has served a term as justice of the peace. As a busi- ness man he has achieved an enviable success. Recently he disposed of all his agricul- tural interests in order to devote his entire time to the performance of his duties as manager. He served as president of the Mutual Improvement Association of Ririe for four years.

CHARLES H. OAKLEY.

Among the leading business houses of Dubois is the hardware and implement store of which Charles H. Oakley is the proprietor. In young manhood he came to the northwest and has been identified with every ,phase of pioneer life and with the subsequent development and improvement of the section of the country in which he makes his home. A native of Pennsylvania he was born in Luzerne county, February 3, 1861, and is a son of Henry and Thirza (Bird) Oakley, who were natives of England. The father was a coal miner of that country and in 1860 he became a resident of Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, where he remained until 1861 and then returned to England. He was again a resident of his native land for six years, but in 1867 once more crossed the Atlantic to the new world and secured employment in the coal mines of the Keystone state, where he met an accidental death in 1868. His widow survived him for many years, passing away in February, 1895.

Charles H. Oakley was reared in England and in Pennsylvania and pursued his education in the schools of both the old country and his native state, but his oppor- tunities in that direction were somewhat limited owing to the fact that when but nine years of age he began work by picking slate in the breaker. When ten years of age he went into the mines as door tender and when eleven and a half years old he drove a mule in mine work. He was thus connected with mining interests until seventeen years of age, when he went to the Indian territory in 1878 and in the spring of 1879 he removed to Colorado, where he engaged both in coal mining and in quartz mining. He resided in Leadville until July, 1882, which year witnessed his arrival in Idaho. He settled at Soda Springs, Bear Lake county, having made the trip to this state with a trainload of stock for Kilpatrick Brothers, prominent contractors. He continued in their employ and assisted in bullding the Short Line Railroad. He was engaged in that kind of work until December, 1882, and spent the winter in the Cache valley of Utah, whence he drove stock to the old Beaver canyon in 1883. At that time he passed over the present site of Dubois but the town had not then been founded.

Mr. Oakley followed sawmill work at Beaver canyon for two years and then began riding the range, thus traveling over the district from Little Lost river to Blackfoot and American Falls. He continued to ride the range for eight years, at the end of which time he established a saloon in the old town of Camas, Idaho, and in connection therewith conducted a hotel. He was thus engaged from 1888 until 1891. He came to Dubois in September, 1892, and here again conducted a saloon until the state voted prohibition about 1910. He afterward engaged in ranching and in the live stock business at Medicine Lodge, thirty miles from Dubois, as a member of the firm of Oakley & Ellis. They ran both cattle and horses until 1915, when Mr. Oakley established the implement and hardware business at Dubois of which he is now the proprietor and

CHARLES H. OAKLEY

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which he has since profitably conducted. He is still, however, interested in the cattle business at Medicine Lodge and the firm is now Owens & Oakley. He has further extended the scope of his activities by becoming a member of the Dubois Realty, Mortgage & Loan Company, the stockholders being S. K. Clark, James Deming, D. T. Murphy and C. H. Oakley, the last named being the secretary of the company, with Mr. Clark as president.

In June, 1894, Mr. Oakley was married to Miss Lina Lewis and they became the parents of two children. The daughter, Lina Belle, is the wife of Lee Owens, who is operating a ranch of his own and also that of her father. Henry L., who is likewise upon his father's ranch, served for eighteen months in the navy during the World war and was discharged in June, 1919. In May, 1897, Mrs. Oakley met an accidental death, being killed by a horse. Mr. Oakley afterward married Mabel P. Graham. From her he secured a legal separation. On the 25th of April, 1917, he married Florence A. McDermott, who had one child by a former marriage, Walter Lee Oakley. Mrs. Florence Oakley passed away on the 5th of February, 1919.

In politics Mr. Oakley is a democrat and has served as the town of Dubois' first mayor for a term of three years. He is keenly interested in the development and upbuilding of Dubois and the surrounding country and cooperates in all well defined plans and measures for the general good. His success in life is the direct outcome of his effort and close application, and he is now at the head of a substantial business in Dubois, while his landed possessions embrace four hundred and eighty acres, return- ing to him a substantial annual income.

FRANCIS M. DAVIS.

Francis M. Davis, the popular proprietor of the Virginia Theatre of Shelley and bishop of the first ward of Shelley Stake, Latter-day Saints church, was born in Provo, Utah, July 9, 1883, a son of James B. and Elizabeth (Hodson) Davis, natives of England, who emigrated to the United States about 1870 and located in Utah, where James B. Davis was engaged as a prospector for mining companies. Later, he spent a good many years as a warp dresser in the woolen mills at Provo, and on severing his connection with that place, he removed to Salt Lake City and worked in woolen mills there. He was next employed as a machinist. in the machine shops of the Rio Grande & Western Rail- road Company. Subsequently he retired to live with his son Francis M., and now makes his home with different members of his family. His wife died December 13, 1911.

Francis M. Davis was reared and educated in Provo and Salt Lake City, and at the early age of twelve years, while most boys are still at school, he went to work and has not missed a day since. After the lapse of a few years, he took up accounting and followed in that line of business for about seven years. Later, he went on the road as a. specialty salesman, his territory embracing Idaho, Montana, Washington and Oregon. In 1905 he was called on a mission to England, where he remained over the following year, and in 1907 and 1908 he was on a mission to Germany. On returning home he resumed work as an accountant but in 1912 went on the road, from which he retired in 1914.

In the latter year Mr. Davis removed to Shelley and became credit manager of the Shelley Mercantile Company, later becoming assistant manager and secretary and treasurer of the same company. He is also connected with the Shelley Light & Power Company and the Shelley Mill & Elevator Company, being a director, secretary and treas- urer of all these companies. Since the fall of 1915 Mr. Davis has been engaged in the' moving picture business. In the spring of 1918 he erected a modern theatre building on an elaborate scale, costing thirty thousand dollars, and which would be a credit to a larger town than Shelley. The theatre is splendidly equipped and is well supported by the citizens.

In October, 1912, Mr. Davis was united in marriage to Mary Shelley, a daughter of John F. and Theodocia (Chipman) Shelley, natives of American Fork, Utah, and among the pioneers of Idaho, John F. Shelley being one of the first settlers of Shelley. He is a very active man and largely interested in farming and farm lands in Bingham county and in other parts of the state. He is president of the Shelley Mercantile Company, also of the Shelley Power & Light Company and of the Shelley Mill & Elevator Company, and in other directions gives of his time and ability to the furtherance of all matters calcu- lated to serve the public interests. Mr. and Mrs. Davis are the parents of three chIl-

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dren, namely: Frances, born February 3, 1915; Marion, April 2, 1917, and Harold S., March 23, 1919. Mr. Davis was made bishop of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints at Shelley in the spring of 1915. He is a warm supporter of the republican party but has never been an office seeker preferring to give his undivided attention to his large business interests.

CHRISTIAN P. JENSEN.

Christian P. Jensen is identified with the public interests of Clark county as the county commissioner and with its business activities as a rancher. He makes his home in Kilgore but was born in Denmark on the 17th of April, 1874, his parents being Peter P. and Mary Jensen, who were also natives of that country. They came to the United States in 1883 and settled at Elsinore, Sevier county, Utah. The father followed farming in his native land until he came to the new world and after reaching Utah he took up land in the southern part of that state and with characteristic energy began its develop- ment, continuing the work of cultivation and improvement until 1898, when he moved to Idaho, settling at Kilgore, Clark county, where he filed on land which he also developed and cultivated for eight years. After selling that property he went to Madison county, and bought land near Rexburg, which he has since improved, giving his entire time to the cultivation of his helds. The mother passed away in October, 1911.

Christian P. Jensen was reared in southern Utah and received his education in public schools there. He remained at home to the age of fourteen years, when he began working for wages, and in 1895, when twenty-one years of age, he came to Idaho and filed on land at Kilgore, Fremont county, now Clark county. This he improved and developed. and as his financial resources increased he bought still other land and is now the owner of three hundred and twenty acres. Year after year he carefully tilled his fields and cared for his crops and substantial success has come to him as the result of his practical and progressive farming methods. In September, 1919, he removed to Dubois for the winter, leaving his sons to carry on the farm. The purpose of establish- ing his home in the city was to give his children good educational opportunities. He now resides in Kilgore.

In 1894 Mr. Jensen was married to Miss Anna Kelson and they have become the parents of thirteen children: Christian E., George A., Irvin and Herman, twins, Myrtle, Ivy, Edith, Grant, Alma, Dorothy, Rosamond, Mary and Vena.

On the 13th of February, 1919, when Clark county was organized Mr. Jensen was appointed by Governor Davis to the position of county commissioner and is now filling that office. He has also served as constable, was a member of the school board for a number of years and has likewise been road overseer, discharging the duties of these various positions in a most capable and satisfactory manner. His political allegiance is given to the republican party. He belongs to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints and has ever guided his life by high standards and admirable principles.

GEORGE E. CASPER.

George E. Casper, who follows farming two miles south of Lewisville and five miles west of Rigby, was born at Millcreek, Utah, December 15, 1861, a son of Major William W. and Sarah A. (Bean) Casper, natives of Ohio and Illinois respectively. The father was a member of the Mormon Battalion and by way of California went to Utah, the battalion having disbanded in California. With others he came by pack train in 1847 to Fort Hall, Idaho, where they remained a short time and then proceeded to Utah. On joining the battalion he left his wife on the Missouri river but sent word to her to join him in Utah. She drove a yoke of oxen across the plains together with a yoke of cows, reaching Salt Lake ahead of her husband. He took up land in Salt Lake county and improved and cultivated the place throughout his remaining days, passing away in July, 1909, when nearly ninety years of age, the mother passing away in April, 1884.

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History of Idaho, the gem of the mountains, Volume III, Part 89

Author: Hawley, James Henry, 1847-1929, ed Publication date: 1920 Publisher: Chicago, The S. J. Clarke publishing company Number of Pages: 926

Author: Hawley, James Henry, 1847-1929, ed
Publication date: 1920
Publisher: Chicago, The S. J. Clarke publishing company
Number of Pages: 926